Trump issues an ominous warning during an interview that he has the 'support of the police, the military and Bikers for Trump' who are 'tough people' that will stay calm to a 'certain point', but 'then it would be very bad'

Trump made the remarks in an interview with Breitbart News on Thursday

Was lamenting that Democrats are more 'vicious' and 'tougher' than the GOP

Said he has the support of military, police and Bikers for Trump

Warned things could get 'very bad' if things go beyond a 'certain point'

Remarks were in the context of investigations launched by House Democrats

President Donald Trump has issued an ominous warning that his supporters are 'tough' and things could get 'very bad.'

'So here's the thing—it's so terrible what's happening,' Trump told Breitbart News in an Oval Office interview published on Thursday, when asked about House Democrats' hardball investigation tactics.

'You know, the left plays a tougher game, it's very funny. I actually think that the people on the right are tougher, but they don't play it tougher. Okay?' he said.

'I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump – I have the tough people, but they don't play it tough — until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad,' Trump continued.

Trump, seen at a luncheon on Thursday with the Irish PM, has issued an ominous warning that his supporters are 'tough' and things could get 'very bad'

Trump issued a warning that the military and police support him. He is seen addressing US troops last month in Anchorage, Alaska

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'But the left plays it cuter and tougher. Like with all the nonsense that they do in Congress … with all this invest[igations]—that's all they want to do is –you know, they do things that are nasty. Republicans never played this,' the president said.

Claiming nearly 100,000 members across the country, Bikers for Trump is a major grassroots organization that supports the Trump administration's agenda.

In August, Trump welcomed a delegation of some 180 members to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

The rowdy crew cracked open cans of Miller Lite and Budweiser under the crystal chandeliers of the club's ballroom, while jeering the press and chanting 'USA, USA' and 'Build the wall!'

Trump welcomed a delegation of Bikers for Trump to his New Jersey golf club in August

The rowdy crew of bikers jeered the press and chanted 'USA, USA' and 'Build the wall!'

Trump has strong support among military veterans, with a December poll showing that 56 percent of veterans — including both current and former members of the military — said they approve of the job Trump is doing as president, while 43 percent disapproved.

However his support solely among active-duty troops appears to have slid over the past two years, according to a Military Times poll from December showing that 44 percent of troops had a favorable view of Trump’s presidency, a two-point drop from 2016.

Trump has also courted the law enforcement vote with his appeal to law and order, and was endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police.

An unscientific 2016 poll by Police Magazine found that 84 per cent of working police officers said they supported Trump, with just 8 per cent saying that they planned to vote for Hillary Clinton.

Trump speaks on the MS-13 street gang during a speech on Long Island in 2017. He has courted the law enforcement vote with his appeal to law and order

Trump addressed US troops in Iraq in December. He has strong support among veterans, although one poll found that his support among active-duty troops has slipped

Trump's remarks came after the Senate voted Thursday to terminate his declaration of a national emergency on the border - the most significant legislative rebuke he has suffered as president.

The 59-41 vote included 12 Republicans who bucked the president to support the measure, which had already cleared the Democratic-run House.

The resolution would stop Trump using the National Emergencies Act to reprogram funds to build a border wall.

Trump has said he will veto the resolution - the first veto of his presidency.

He blasted out a one-word tweet in all capital letters within minutes of the vote: 'VETO!'

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds an enrollment ceremony for a bill blocking Trump's national emergency declaration

Senator Bernie Sanders is pictured at the Capitol as the President's declaration was blocked. Trump is likely to veto the resolution

Trump's remarks to Breitbart came as he lamented that, in his view, former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan acted meekly in comparison to the current Democratic leadership of the House.

Trump said that House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, a North Carolina Republican, and his conservative colleague from Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan wanted to play hardball and subpoena those on the left, but that Ryan wouldn't allow it.

'Paul Ryan wouldn't give the right to have any subpoenas,' Trump told Breitbart News. 'Okay? Now in all fairness, Meadows and Jordan and all these guys, they wanted to go tougher, but they weren't allowed to by leadership.'

It is unclear from the interview whom the targets of the proposed subpoenas would have been.

Since taking power in the House in January, Democrats have moved aggressively to investigate all aspects of Trump and those in his orbit.

The House Oversight Committee called Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen to deliver blistering testimony last month.

And the House Judiciary Committee has initiated requests for documents from some 80 Trump associates, lining up what is seen by many as the prelude to impeachment proceedings.